Bike Share
Philadelphia believes the system should begin covering at a minimum
from Erie Avenue to the Navy Yard and from the Delaware River to
52nd Street.

5 years
ago, on January 17, 2008 the Bike Share Conversation Started in Philadelphia
with the Bike Share ForumThat conversation quickly became a loud
roar to bring Bike Sharing to the City. Even with over 2,000 letters sent
to Mayor Michael Nutter asking him to start those wheels rolling,
very little progress has been made.
Without the political will to make it happen, bike share is now
only a whisper in the City.

The study
verifies the viability of a Public Use Bicycle Program for the City of
Philadelphia.

February 25,
2010,the feasibility study for the Mayor's Office of Transportation and
Utilities managed by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
and funded by the William Penn Foundation was released a year after the deadline
requested by a Philadelphia City Council
Resolution of June 2008.

The study states there is a market for
Public Use Bicycles in Philadelphia. It suggests starting a program
with 1,750 bikes in an area to cover Center City, University City
and north on Broad Street to included Temple University. Then expand
the system to include all of South Philadelphia, more of West
Philadelphia,
and more area north of Center City to a total of 4,500 bikes.

• Who we are

Bike Share Philadelphia is a network of organizations and individuals working to bring community use bicycles to Philadelphia. Bike share programs provide bicycles to the public for free or little cost in order to encourage bicycling as a viable alternative form of transportation, to reduce traffic congestion and to enhance the livability of cities.
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